One Photo,
One Story
1988-1998 · BEFORE THE CLOUD
Somewhere in your home there is a photograph from before the cloud. We are looking for that one, and for the story only you can tell about it.
WHO
Asian & Asian diaspora,
North America
WHAT
Two-three film photographs taken in US, 1988-1998
SHOWN
San Marino, Nov 2026,
then the archive
Film, not phones.
Chapter One collects photographs made on film — a print, a negative, a slide. Not a picture taken on a phone. Your phone is only how you send it to us.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS
A wedding banquet in a restaurant that isn't there anymore.
A school portrait, in a uniform two sizes too big.
Four people on a sofa - and a fifth one, holding the camera.
You already know which photograph it is. That's the one.
WHAT TO SEND
Two or three photographs
Taken in the United States, between 1988 and 1998 — a wedding, a school portrait, a day at work, an ordinary afternoon that somehow stayed with you. You don't need a scanner: lay each print flat and photograph it with your phone in daylight. That is enough to work from, and we handle the proper scanning later.
And your voice, telling the story
Sixty to ninety seconds, in whatever language feels most like home. Where the photographs were taken, who is in them, and why you still keep them. A voice memo from your phone is exactly right — we take care of transcription and translation.
SUBMIT
Share your photograph
SUBMISSION CLOSE
October 15, 2026
Every week after that goes to scanning, translation, subtitling, and installation before the room opens in November. Send it while vou're thinking about it - you can add to your story later.
SUBMISSION FORM
The form goes here.
Chapter One centers the Asian and Asian-diaspora community in North America — if your photograph belongs to another story, send it anyway; nothing is published without your consent, you can withdraw at any time, and you are welcome to email info@h4arts.org instead of using the form.